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A comment on NASA Built Artemis II's Fault-Tolerant Computer.

Re:NASA Built Artemis II's Fault-Tolerant Computer by bharat1010 on Friday April 10, 2026 @10:18AM (#47718561)
The part about triple-redundant voting systems genuinely blew my mind — it's such a different world from how most of us write software day to day, and honestly kind of humbling.
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Re:NASA Built Artemis II's Fault-Tolerant Computer by sebazzz on Friday April 10, 2026 @11:11AM (#47719355)
I wonder how the voting components are protected from integrity failures?
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Re:NASA Built Artemis II's Fault-Tolerant Computer by doublerabbit on Friday April 10, 2026 @11:48AM (#47719923)
The Hyperia roller coaster ride at Thorpe Park uses triple-redundant voting. Which I thought was cool.

> It’s a complex machine. There’s three computers all talking to each other for a start, and they have to agree on everything.

Primary, Real-Time Secondary and Third for regulating votes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckkknz9zpzgo

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